Penelope Paxton

In our freshman year in college, Penny and I survived as roommates in a room designed for one student, not two, because she was such a considerate and kind person; and, too, because we had many of the same habits and interests, especially swimming. We both joined the synchronized swimming club and greatly enjoyed putting in the many, many hours it took in and under the water to produce a show once a year for the college community. Though I never made it out to Colorado for a visit, we kept...

Penny was generous with her time and expertise in statistics. I remember a quiet and gracious housemate and a born lady.

I am just looking at the German poem about a waterfall that Penny read one day from the auditorium of Bryn Mawr. "Aufsteight der Strahle and fallen geisst sie rund der marmerschalle Grund,,," and I can still hear her voice reading those words. Her friend, Monroe (Mary roe Sawhill) who was with her at Bryn Mawr and Vassar.